last RBS group accounts.... 87,000 employees, 23,000 of which are uk based. Of the 23 they are spread across Ulster bank, williams and Glynn, Natwest and Coutts.

As the group is clearly a worldwide operation the reality is that it's not going to do something (or not do it) if it's going to impact on their costs.

The reasons for moving a bank's operations are significantly more complex than simply cost. And anyway, I think the discussion was about where the HQ is. Personally I don't give a stuff where the HQ is, I'm more interested in where the jobs are, and the quality of those jobs. Regardless of what RBS does in relation to Scotland, it's a certainty that most financial services companies in London are busy working out where they need to base their operations in order to minimise the potentially negative impacts of Brexit on them. London (the City) is going to suffer big time as a result of Brexit.

And while I'm here, I watched BBCQT last night. An unusually balanced panel, I thought, barring the Tory plant in the audience. I was not surprised, but I was dismayed to see the two Tory panellists telling us what life would be like after Brexit. "It will be ok", and "you won't notice the difference". Airheaded vacant soundbites based on feeling, not knowledge. God help us all.

So not something new the Tories are proposing then. Not worth voting for a party that is imitating the policies of others, just vote for the originators of the policy

#Persevered
Scotland can be a beacon, within these islands and beyond, for a socially just and sustainable society. Whilst there are many priorities which will require independence, there is also much that can and must be done now by the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government.

Is that those bloody unionist parties droning-on about independence again, honestly i wish they would talk about something else...

Nothing to do with party's, it's a movement. Some MPs were asking people to campaign on the door step instead of going on this March.. Stewart Mcdonald in particular which I certainly wasn't happy about . Grass roots own this movement not any party.

Fully expect Sturgeon to shelve the plans now - SNP voters in 2015 who were convinced a second referendum was off the cards clearly voting tactically to send a message. Ironically the beneficiaries are the Conservatives who put us in this mess in the first place with that ****ing EU referendum.

Will be interesting to see how Davidson and Dugdale fare now that they've got what they wanted.

Brexit is the only thing that has put it back on the table. If the SNP wimp out from following through on their promise, there may not be any comparable circumstances that put it back on the table for a very very long time.

Brexit is the only thing that has put it back on the table. If the SNP wimp out from following through on their promise, there may not be any comparable circumstances that put it back on the table for a very very long time.